CVE-2025-12985
License Service: Privilege escalation vulnerability
HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: January 20, 2026 at 02:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:33 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorLicense Metric ToolLicensing Operator
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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
IBM Licensing Operator incorrectly assigns privileges to security critical files which could allow a local root escalation inside a container running the IBM Licensing Operator image.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
8.4HIGHibm
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-732
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